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Girls Soccer Earns No. 10 Seed in Upcoming MCT
Cougars set to face Boonton in a preliminary round game on Sunday.
The Chatham girls soccer teams' road to a Morris County Tournament championship was mapped out on Wednesday night with the Cougars earning the No. 10 seed in this years' tournament.
With the tenth seed, Chatham is forced to play a preliminary round game against 23rd seed Boonton (0-6-1) on Sunday. The winner of that game will have a shot at No. 7 seed Roxbury (3-2) in the first round.
Undefeated Villa Walsh (7-0) locked up the No. 1 seed in this years’ MCT, leaving 2-Randolph (4-1-2), 3-Mendham (7-1), 4-Kinnelon (5-2) and 5-Morris Catholic (5-1-1) to round out the top five.
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Villa Walsh comes into the tournament riding a seven game winning streak, which includes two wins over No. 4 seeded Kinnelon High, according to NJ.com.
Villa Walsh will face the winner of Whippany Park vs. Pequannock, who meet in the preliminary round on Sunday.
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Randolph locked up the No. 2 seed over Mendham, thanks in large part to their 1-0 victory last week, which gave them a head-to-head avantage heading into Wednesday's seeding meeting. Mendham is the lone Morris County team ranked in the Star-Ledger top 20 teams in New Jersey, coming in at No. 19 earlier this week.
Randolph will face the winner of Montville vs. Hanover Park, and Mendham will go against the winner of Parsippany Hills vs. Morris Hills. Both preliminary round games are scheduled for Sunday.
Here’s a look at the complete seeding setup for the Morris County Tournament:
1-Villa Walsh (7-0)
2-Randolph (4-1-2)
3-Mendham (7-1)
4-Kinnelon (5-2)
5-Morris Catholic (5-1-1)
6-Madison (5-2-1)
7-Roxbury (3-2)
8-West Morris Central (3-3-1)
9-Mount Olive (6-2)
10-Chatham (4-3-1)
11-Morris Knolls (2-3-2)
12-Parsippany (5-2)
13-Mountain Lakes (5-2)
14-Parsippany Hills (3-3-1)
15-Hanover Park (4-3)
16-Whippany Park (2-3-2)
17-Pequannock (2-5-1)
18-Montville (1-3-3)
19-Morris Hills (2-4)
20-Butler (1-4-2)
21-Morristown (0-6-1)
22-Dover (0-6)
23-Boonton (0-6-1)
24-Academy of St. Elizabeth (0-6)
25-Morris County Tech (5-1)
